State of iraq and the levant. Raising wairng awareness, or al. The. Hole there welcome to the program. The Nigerian Government wants to extend emergency rule in three northeastern states for another six months. President Goodluck Jonathan who faces reelection in february is asking parliament to approve a continuation of Emergency Powers to fight boko haram. The president first declared a state of emergency in may last year in adamawa, borno states. Joining us live from abuja in nigeria. Just remind us what does a state of emergency mean and ultimately how effective has it been to justify an extension . Well, what this essentially means is that those three northeastern states continue to be active areas of military operations, it gives the military the complete upper hand in the area, above the police, above any other authority, means this troops are allowed to conduct searches, to arrest and detain suspects and to carry out essentially lock downs in the entire area whenever they seem whenever they deem fit. When the president introduced this state in may 2013 he justified it to the nation saying these extraordinary measures were necessary in the face of what he described at the time as a declaration of war by boko haram and their continued campaign to undermine the authority of the state. What you have for the past 18 months is essentially a lot of criticism. People saying there has been no proof really that the state of emergency has successfully managed in containing boko haram. On the contrast or by contrast rather what you have the boko harams tactics becoming more brazen shifting from hit and run attacks to seizing towns and villages. You have a very alienated population, and you have a military that has been underequipped and not particularly trained to successfully carry out this state of emergency. Further discrediting them in the eyes of many nigerians. As we just mentioned, president Goodluck Jonathan is facing reelection in just a few months. How would the extension if it is granted affect the forthcoming elections . The government approved the elections after a meeting for the National Defense council. It still requires the approval of the national assembly, a majority vote from the upper and lower house, expected to be tabled by parliament on tuesday. We do expect this to pass because we have seen parliament proven these extensions five approve these extension he five times before. What these would mean the International Election commission seem to think that elections will be able to go ahead and will be conducted in the northeastern states. Butte lot of people are wondering, how are people going to be able, how are candidates going to be able to campaign in those areas, whether people are going to be ail to vote at all and whether boko haram would even allow this vote to happen given the large areas that they have been imposing their control over. If the vote is undermined in the northeast this will be very problematic particularly for the opposition parties who claim that the majority of the northeast is likely going to vote against the president given ongoing insecurity there. So that of course will cast a lot of doubt and a lot of questions about the integrity and the credibility of the vote. It will, indeed. Rowia, thank you. Lets go to colombia where the government has suspended peace talks with farc rebels after an army general was captured. Brigadier general rubinzaria. Lucia newman reports for us. 2012 promised the chance of peace but two years later theres no agreement and now the kidnapping of an army general has led to the government suspending the talks altowing. General rubin desataria walked in wearing civilian clothes. The response from farc. Peace has alluded colombia since 1964 when some were inspired by marxism and created the countrys the biggest revolutionary grew, farc. Previous negotiations a decade ago failed, after an agreement to demilitarize large sections of the country. In recent years many of the top rebel leaders have been captured and killed and the farcs ranks is been depleted by half. The most recent negotiations between the government and farc began in oslo, norway two years ago. From there they moved to cuba where talks focused on land ownership, the rebel reintegration into society. But one of the main challenges thahas been that the negotiatios have been taking place while the conflict continues. The kidnapping of the general gives fresh ammunition to those who have been staunchly opposed to the process from the beginning arguing that you cant negotiate with terrorists. And it also makes it difficult for the president to make any kind of concessions to the rebels if and when these peace talks are able to get back on track. It is much too soon to gauge how much of a setback to peace this latest incident will mean. In a country that has already withstood war for too long. Lucia newman, al jazeera, santiago. The u. S. Says Coalition Forces have conducted 11 air strikes against the i. S. I. L. Sieislamicstate of iraq and thet fighters since friday. Kurdish media say dozens of i. S. I. L. Fighters including several commanders were killed on sunday. The armed group has been trying to recapture kobani for two months. Meanwhile the iraqi army has forced i. S. I. L. Out of a town in a province, but the fight has left them devastated. Imran khan has this report. She has incorporate to go noo go nowhere to stay. The men in her family tried to fight back but without backup, they were overrun. I. S. I. L. Attacked us in the early hours of the morning. They swept the house he of the village and looked for those who were resisting them. When my husbands and two sons ran out of ammunition, they stormed the house and executed them but i managed to escape in an underground hole. After two days i got out with my grandchildren only to see that our house was burned down and i. S. I. L. Had taken our car and electricity generator. She becomes too upset to talk but her cousin tells us what happened next. Translator we have lost 22 men from our family. We have been displaced for more than three months. Our family has been scattered. Some to the north of iraq, others to the south. The rest just outside of kirkuk. After the village was liberated, some of us came back but only to see devastation of what used to be a peaceful suburb. They live in a bathroom of this bombed out shell. In september iraqs army came in to fight i. S. I. L. And retake hamatu. More shelling and pitched street battles scarred the down further. With so much attention focused on i. S. I. L, hold that town what that means for the residents the very few that remain is that they live in squalor and those that come back take a look at whats left and wonder what will happen next . Graffiti still spowrsing supporg i. S. I. L. Covers the wall and before the war it was at least functional. Children assess the damage but adults can only feel despair. They have no idea when they can rebuild, when they can return home or what help the government will give them. Imran khan, al jazeera, baghdad. Two separate car bombings have killed 13 people in the iraqi capital. A parked car blue up in a market in the mostly shia neighborhood of mashtal. Another area mainly sunni, 31 people were also injured. Yemeni fighters, shia houthis say they are in the province to keep al qaeda from controlling the facilities. But local tribesmen say that is a smoke screen. Houthi rebels captured the are capital sanaa facing the rebels to step ste down. Palestinian bus driver found handing saturday night. No suspicious circumstances around his death but they and others around the community believe he was murdered. Earlier, Palestinian Youth rallied in the occupied west bank in protest of his death. Stefanie dekker reports. Apologize for the lack of sound in stefanie dekkers report. Egypt state news agency sair egypt has decided to expand the buffer zone in sy any peninsul. The security zone will be doubled oone kilometer. Ports of northern sinai are still under a state of emergency after 33 soldiers were killed in attacks last month. And al jazeera continues to demand the release of our three journalists who have now been jailed in egypt for 324 days. Peter greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed are falsely accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. Theyre appealing against their convictions. Fahmy and greste were sentenced to 7 years, mohamed an additional three years for having a spent bullet which he had picked up at a protest. Still to come, lock down in the netherlands, as authorities try olocate the source of a dangerous bird flu outbreak. And protests in the kenyan capital as women rally for their right to dress as they like fooling public stripping of a woman last week. Im ali velshi, the news has become this thing where you talk to experts about people, and al jazeera has really tried to talk to people, about their stories. We are not meant to be your first choice for entertainment. We are ment to be your first choice for the news. President Goodluck Jonathan says Army Commanders need the enhanced powers for another six months. Colombias government has suspended peace talks with farc rebels after an army general was captured. Rubin dar yyo zapet was captured in a northern province. Yousef ahsani. The 22yearold woman died on sunday in asuit, 375 miles from cairo. Two separate cases of bird flu have been identified in europe. One in the netherlands and another one here in the u. K, Health Officials say there is little risk of spread to humans but the commercial implications could be very serious. Simon mcgregor woot had more. Gregor wood has more. Will destroy 150,000 chickens on site as a precaution. Fm further samples will be taken away for analysis. I was born here in this beautiful area and i hope it will stay clean. Intensive farming with 150,000 chickens should have never been allowed here. Dutch authorities confirm this is the highly contagious h 5 n 8 form of bird flu. It has never been detected in humans but can spread very quickly among the birth population. Its most recent outbreak in south korea led to the destruction of millions of birds. This european outbreak first appeared on a farm in germany on november the 4th. The dutch have immediately imposed a 72 hour ban on the importation of poultry products on monday. May come up with additional measures to prevent the virus spreading across europe. Translator we think cause is linked to migratory patterns of wild birds but thats not certain. In the netherlands authorities have decided to block poultry products. There is no signs that poultry can leave the country. A duck Breeding Farm in the north of england was shut down, british officials are destroying the 6,000 birds on site but say this is not the most deadly strain of the virus. They have not ruled out a connection between this outbreak and the one in the netherlands. Ive different avian flu strains vary in transmitting to people. All of them require close contact between birds and people. This particular strain on what we know so far, Public Health england says the risk is very low. An outbreak could have enormous complications. The authorities across europe are asking farmers to be extravigilant for signs of sickness among their bird stocks. Simon mcgregor wood, al jazeera. Fighting has continued from prorussian troops and authorities in ukraine. Both sides have blamed each other for violating a ceasefire that is supposed to be in place. The situation is worse ownerred since rebels held leadership elections earlier this month. Meanwhile workers have begun to remove debris and human remains from the mh 17 crash site. Most of the bodies are still unidentified, the remains and debris are being taken back to the netherlands. Checks have been marking the 25th anniversary of the fall of communism in their country in what was called the velvet revolution. In prague, thousands of draiforts marnlgdemonstrators mt the current president. They accuse him of down playing soviet era repression. Two people have died and another one is missing after torrential rains caused the mudslides and flooding in northern italy. A man and girl were killed, and a man near genoa, remains unaccounted for. In the area around genoa roads have been cut and rivers burst their banks. Flooding has already contributed to millions of dollars worth of of damage. F decade of negotiations, australia called it the best deal ever between the two countries. It will open up chinas markets to australian farm exports. It will also relax limits on the amount of Chinese Investment in australia, last year trade between the two countries totaled 130 billion. Meanwhile japans economy has slipped back into recession unexpectedly. The worlds Third Largest economy shrank for the second consecutive quarter. Consumer manufacturing is down and prime smi Prime Minister shs calling for elections. Wearing of mini skirts have sparked protests both in support and against womens rights. Katherine soy reports from nairobi. They take their frustrations to the streets. Women wearing short clothes and carrying placards. Their demand that they be able to wear whatever they choose. Men say they were dressed offensively. Since then two more women were also said to beto have been undressed in public by rowdy men. Women rushed to a bath station, one incident happened. Police are under pressure to make arrests but the woman who was assaulted has not filed a report yet, made out a formal complaint, investigators dont have much to go with. Traumatized, right now she went through a lot of humiliation. Now we are trying to bring her out by doing such things we are supporting her actually, the dress my choice, her dress was ripped off from her. The debate on how an african woman should duress has taken center stage. Took to the street in protest. They say that women must not dress pr provocatively. At some point the two groups meet and engage in a shouting match. Each trying to get their different points across. Women must dress differently and on the other side, the woman insist they must be able to dress the way they want. Must be respected. Bloger started a campaign, nudity is not my choice. He says that women should know that freedoms have limitations. Kenyans, accept any kind of dressing until their society matures enough then the argument for infinite freedoms. His argument is popular with many men. We cant allow women to dress how they want. Its what gets them raped this man says. Opinion over how a woman should dress may be divided but many agree theres no justification to publicly undress anyone because of what theyve decided to wear. Katherine soy, al jazeera, nier. Nairobi. Linked to al shabaab mosques. The police chief says a 20yearold man was shot dead as he tried to slow a grenade at officers. Al shabaab fighters attacked the webcaswefghtweswestgate shoppin. More from the capital of burkina faso capital ouagadougo. People likes christophe bagre says he is releafd and pleasantly surprised that the army turned over power to a civilian. I think hes going to lead the transition, like many are hoping. We wish him the best. Burkina faso is a poor country. People here have high expectations. They normally they want limb to improve the economy to create jobs and build Better Health care facilities. The Ebola Outbreak in mali is another concern for some. Translator malis just next door an ebola is there. Our hope is that the government will be formed quickly so they put in place measures to stop ebola from coming here. He still has to appoint aPrime Minister. The job has to go to a civilian or a soldier. Some political analysts say they wont be surprised if its the latter. What is clear is that the army is still present and the army will play an important role. It steps back for now and there are 25 members of the army who will be seated in the national transitional, and maybe the Prime Minister will also be a member of the army. So i guess the army has sent an important message. We helped you to get through the crisis. We managed to keep the country calm and quiet. They managed a negotiation. Now theyre stepping back. But i think the army will keep an important role. Its going to be a busy week. Kafando will be sworn in on friday and members of the government will be selected. Then the country has to prepare for elections set for november next year. Charles is looking forward to selling even more newspapers. Haru matassa al jazeera, ouagadougo. A surgeon who contracted the deof ebola when working in sierra leone has died. Already displaying advanced symptoms of the disease including kidney and respiratory failure. Salia was the chief medical officer at a hospital in freetown. The new attempt to raise money to tackle the ebola virus has been criticized, 30 years after bob geldof gathered musicians to sing for famine relief in africa, has gathered again. Julie mcdonald has more. Reporter same studio same tune. Slightly different lyrics this time. 30 years after do they know its christmas the band aid group is together again. We can spread our smile of joy. Its called band aid 30, boy band 1 direction, and singer elliot golden werent even born 30 years ago. Bono and bob geldof organized the first supergroup. They want to raise money not for famine but by the fight against ebola. This morning at even before we played the track, it was number 1. So once again, theyre dying yes of this filthy little playing but theyre dying because theyre poor and it drives me nuts. And this country seems to understand that. The original band aid single spent three weeks at number 1 in the music charts and raised a massive 24 million worldwide. The smash hit inspired live aid concerts which were broadcast in over 165 countries raising about 150 million for famine relief in ethiopia. But using an old song to fight a new killer outdated . Yes, says one of the men behind the song africa stop ebola, whos helping African Musicians to use their influence. The main issue is the narrative of the song. A narrative that portrays africa as dark continent. It continues to recreate and revamp this item that africa is an isolated place where the rivers dont flow where there is no water where there is no sun where there is no snow. Reporter regardless though, both groups want the same thing, to raise awareness and badly needed cash to fight this killer disease. Julie mcdonald, al jazeera. Well, more on that on our website, the address, aljazeera. Com. Ing a show about innovations that can change lives. 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